The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 30, 1972
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
2:00 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.61° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.23° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.